Viewing general details for disk controller systems

Use the View General Details panel in the SAN Volume Controller Console to display information, like name and worldwide node name, for a selected disk controller system.

Attributes

The following attributes are displayed in the table:

Name
Displays the name of the disk controller system.
Worldwide Node Name (WWNN)
Displays the worldwide node name.
Managed Disk Link Count
Displays the number of managed disks (MDisks) currently using this controller as their active controller.
Degraded
Indicates that the number of fabric logins to the controller that is less than the maximum previously recorded for any given SAN Volume Controller cluster node and controller port combination.
Note: Individual MDisks can be in the degraded state but the associated disk controller systems are not in this state.
Vendor ID
Displays the identifier for the vendor of the disk controller system. For example, the identifier for the SAN Volume Controller is IBM.
Product ID Low
Displays one of the product identifiers for the disk controller system. This number is provided by the manufacturer. For example, the identifier for the FASsT hardware controller is 1742.
Product ID High
Displays one of the product identifiers for the disk controller system. This number is provided by the manufacturer.
Product Revision
Displays one of the product identifiers for the disk controller system. This number is provided by the manufacturer. This field generally contains the licensed internal software level or hardware level.
Product Serial Number
Displays the serial number of the disk controller system. This number is provided by the manufacturer.
Allow Quorum
Displays whether the selected disk controller system is allowed to host quorum disks. A managed disk (MDisk) that contains quorum data is a quorum disk. A cluster uses a quorum disk to break a tie and achieve a quorum. The cluster automatically chooses three MDisks as quorum disk candidates. Each disk is assigned an index number, either 0, 1, or 2.
Note: Although a cluster can be configured to use up to three quorum disks, only one quorum disk is elected to resolve a tie-break situation. The purpose of the other quorum disks is to provide redundancy if a quorum disk fails prior to the cluster being partitioned.

The following values are possible:

False
Indicates that the disk controller does not allow a quorum setting for disks that it controls.
True
Indicates that the disk controller allows quorum setting for disks that it controls.

Before allowing quorum disks on any disk controller by using the svctask chcontroller -allowquorum yes command, check the following Web site to see whether the controller supports quorum:

Support for SAN Volume Controller (2145) Web site

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